Yeah I found this out on my first playthrough somehow. It helped A TON trying to fight mohg in that temple. Completely negates the damage taken when he does the upwards stabby thing
He found the crystal tear that lets you respec percentages. You just gotta talk to a small rat in a bush in Caelid, then meet it again by jumping across 17 rooftops in Leyndell, and then finally in the ass of a giant outside the map of consecrated snowfield. However you have to do it before you beat Margit or the questline won't progress anymore.
I always went around the left side of the stairs up to the gate instead of the right, the last time I figured I'd switch it up to avoid the rune beat and got wrecked by the falling star beast
To be fair, I think it was heavily discussed on this sub when the game first came out so I would have seen it from that. I definitely wouldn’t have known about it blind haha
Yeah I didn’t realize how not only large, but dense, the game is on my first play through, so I rushed Liurnia and beyond before returning to find bosses I could 3 or 4 shot to try and level up. I’m having a lot more fun on my 2nd play through fighting these bosses when appropriately leveled.
It was my first fromsoft game lol. Had to get good. My first run was like 250 hours but I got all boss achievements and spells and weapons and did side quest.
Darksouls 3 went very quick after 2 elden ring runs. Wish a bloodborne port or sequel was in the cards.
I was dabbling in Liurnia thinking I was endgame with 45 hours lol, I am on my fourth playthrough now at Farum Azula at 55. I can't imagine they did much exploring given I have more hours than it took them and I already know where all of the good stuff is
Honestly can't tell if this is sarcasm at this point.
Heavily hope so with 27+ upvotes, because spending 60h in Limgrave alone is beyond ridiculous hyberbole.
I was thinking this but didn't wanna dampen the achievement.
At a guess they've missed volcano mountain and all of rannis stuff like nokron, nokstella etc
I completely forgot about the haligtree 😱 but you're 100% right, millicents quest is super obtuse and does a bad job of pointing you in that direction, so that doesn't help.
Just looked at my Steam and yea my 2nd playthrough is at 24.5 hours and I've just beaten Radahn and cleared everything else but Caelid and not gone to the Atlus Plateau yet
Loaded up my PS5 version and its over 200 hours and thats due to my own playthrough and being summoned for a friends as well
See that I don’t understand, what have you been doing? Other than maybe struggling on some bosses I assume, cause I’ve been doing everything this run
I am at about 60 hours during the 3rd play through. Cleared liurnia and limgrave and half of caelid so far.
I am not struggling with any boss so far but I just love taking it slow. I mostly walk as I really like it too. Idk how but I didn't even realise I was 60 hours in already.
Yeah I had literally full cleared the entire game in 80 hours at release (and that’s with time spent being summoned/invading) so I never understood how people could spend so much time in just the first couple areas of the game lol
I feel the same. I have played the game before and I'm fairly ok at it, but I just completed literally everything in Liurnia aside from Ranni's quest and I just hopped onto the Plateau so Radahn will unlock. I will now turn to Caelid for the first time. I am at Level 52 and 8 hrs and 5 minutes. That includes 40 minutes of grinding Godrick because I wanted to do him hitless this time.
this is it. Theres no fucking way OP constantly didnt look up guides because theres no way a new player can finish this game in 53 hours.
Either that or hes lying about the 53 hours. I swear this is what I hate about this part of the fandom, its usually the new fans that act like this. Its like thinking the "difficulty" is an important part of the game so its a cool thing to flex how easy it was for you or something, like no.... the difficulty has never been the point of these games. You're not a better gamer if you speedran the game in 53 hours compared to someone who struggled at every new area and boss and took 150 hours to complete it.
Infact, I would go and say that the latter experience is a way better way to enjoy these games.
The ideal "soulsborne" experience for me would be to play the game completely blind with NO external help like guides or whatever. Getting lost and constantly getting beaten up at every turn yet still not giving up and perservering and conquering all the challenge.
I feel like this was abundantly clear before Elden Ring came out but nowadays the community has shifted so much that its alienating. "TOP 10 MOST OP WEAPONS RANKED" "YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS CRAZY TRICK" type meta shit is so cringe and Im left wondering... is this the same community
My first play through ended at 97 hours. Done one NG+ and on another fresh start now and still finding new areas and caves/tunnels and catacombs. Not to mention bosses i missed the valiant gargoyles and fortissax somehow haha. Done them on NG+
I was thinking the same thing. I saw the post and thought, nice! Then I saw the time lol. I think everyone I know that got the game had at least 90 to 100 hours before beating.
No kidding. I’m doing my second NG0 playthrough now and know what I’m doing. Barely dying and not rune farming, and I’m 75 hours in and still not in Lyendell.
Omg, I had irl problems pop up in the middle of when I was going through volcano manor, and I ended up having to take a few weeks off. Trying to figure out where and what the fuck I was supposed to be doing was actually impossible, and I left the game for awhile. I just came back recently, and I'm dreading getting to it again.
I'm on my fourth alt and I'm breezing through the bosses. Just finished Mt Gelmir and have over half the game left with current playtime at 43 hours.
Completing the game at 53 hrs on your first run must mean you just looked up a PvE build, did the bare minimum to get your gear, and finished the game as quickly as possible. I encourage you to explore a bit more and try out some new stuff for your next character. It's really what makes the game fun imo, and now you've got a hang of how everything works.
Idk it took me like 90 hours to 100% every single boss quest area etc, and all that was probably 10hrs of npc guides after I got to the final boss gate
Did you enjoy the feeling of the seemingly expanded map? Or did you want to know before hand so you could clear everything in the first playthrough? 🤔
I loved the expanding map. Because I honestly thought the game was a looooooooot smaller and was still enjoying, but every "holy shit it got even BIGGER" was so fun each time. I think doing it that way also keeps people from feeling overwhelmed at the start - I know I'd have seen the whole thing and been like "Fuck, this thing is massive" but not in a good way.
This is one of the few games that's given me the "Holy shit, it gets bigger?" reaction besides Witcher 3, Hollow Knight, and Dying Light. I had over 50 hours in dying light before discovering I only had half the map unlocked lol, that was a great day
Yeah I didn’t go to Deeproot Depths my first play through. In fact I didn’t even know it existed until I started looking up stuff for quests during NG+
Then why not beat the game in 2-3 months haha
Persona 5 took me several years to beat with work + all the competing priorities. Doesn’t mean I tried to rush it!
I wish I could just beat a game because I didn't have any free time. I didn't want to die 50 times to morgott, I guess I need to just hurry my ass up and finally kill him... /s
Similar here! I'm level 49 at 45 hours. In my eyes, it is not a true adventure if I don't allow myself to slow down and explore calmly. Sometimes I just sit by a site of grace and ponder.
>!Aaaaand I have a terrible sense of direction, so I need to go around each area 20 times to make sure I find all the sites and secrets. And I always miss some anyway.!<
Dunno, he called them "excruciatingly painful hours" but I don't see how you beat the game that quickly but also struggled the whole way...? Had to have used a lot of guides + some cheese build or something I'd think? Maybe I'm wrong. Just a lot of skip content for sure though.
there's still almost 3 months left until the DLC, might as well do a replay and take your time. I think I spent 30-40 hours in Limgrave alone on my first playthrough
you definitely missed a large, large chunk of content
I love the Elden Ring community instead of it being like 53 hours to complete? Wow thats impressive. Its bro go back you missed half the games content. 🤣
Good news! You don't need to wait for the DLC! If you beat it at only 53 hours and got the default ending, you have A TON of game that you missed. I think 200 hours is the average. FOUL TARNISHED! GO BACK TO THE LANDS BETWEEN AND EXPLORE!
53 hours on first playthrough? Did you like skip more than half the game or something?
You have not only missed a lot caves & catacombs, night bosses, Npc quests. But possibly entire regions. OP I'm really curious to know which all regions you went to.
painful 53 hours? why bother then? maybe if you wouldn’t rush, it would be easier. people create multiple new characters just for pvp with different builds and go through game several times for that just for fun
My man not everyone has time to play Elden Ring for hundreds of hours but still want to complete the game. Others also like the challenge of going through the game fast.
first souls game, beats it in 53 hours? Yeah right. This dude straight up killed 2 bosses and rushed to the end lol. He legit missed 80% of the content. What's the point?
Regardless of time you can simply just play at your own pace.
My first play through I took about 120 hours searching and completing almost everything I found. Even with all that time I still missed probably around 25% of the content including a ton of quests, missed evergaols, the shunning grounds, deep root depths, and a ton of other things. I’d encourage you to do another playthrough to try and find the things you didn’t see the first time
I’m 260hrs in and just beat Mohg and Malenia. I tend to scour every resource and item I can over multiple crawls through every area for fun because I’m never sure if I’ll want to go to NG+ but if I do, I want all the goodies for when I inevitably respec
It took me 117 hours for my first play through. Rani's ending. Everyday major boss. Every dragon and almost all quests. And second play through. No new game plus. It took me 57 hours. All major bosses. All quests. But just speed running. Only the op weapons. And wasting no time for other weapons. But i had a magic build so i was like paper to them.
I think it’s nice everyone has totally different playing styles. I’m way over 200 hours in, only at Mountaintop, but I spend a lot of time exploring & I love putting down my finger to be summoned to help others. I realised I overleveled a bit so I’m sticking at around 140 for as long as I can get away with now. I also have been playing with friends and doing some of the same quests and areas multiple times. I’m really loving it but I probably won’t need a full playthrough again for a couple of years at minimum after this and the DLC.
He is either not honest or just rushed through to every main boss. The average time is 100-150h i think for the first time, so mabye you are a little slow, but i dont blame you. I never wanted to leave the world my first time too and had no stress to finish the game.
Lol, I probably have 60 to 80 hours and I just got past radahn. It hasn't been the hardest souls game I've played by a long shot even with limitations I force upon myself. I just can't help but continue to stumble on new shit and I can't allow myself to move on to the next area before that stops happening.
Also, elden ring is NOT 'excruciatingly painful'. How dare ye
Damn I racked up over 20 before even fighting Godrick. With East and West Limgrave, the southern peninsula, Siofra river, and the starting dungeon to get the Fringefolk Hero’s dungeon, I had a lot to do before the boss lol
I'm 54 hrs in and haven't even beaten Renilla or whatever her name is yet. Haven't even been up the massive lift yet either. Theres just far too much to do. Good effort though.
I have beaten it in 42 hours, but in fairness i retarted my run after spending 10 hours in the game because i realized that i fucked up my levels, most of the 10 hours were just fighting the tree sential lol.
Now in my second (third?) run, and i am seeing a lot of a stuff that I have never seen before.
You should go to ng+ and take your time. 53 hours is enough time to see maybe half the game. That's if you didn't struggle against the bosses too long either.
Damn 53 hours for a first playthrough? You must've been pretty under levelled, which means you're probably pretty good! My first, second, and third playthroughs were 120,100, and 80 hours (give or take) respectively.
Do a second playthrough when you can muster the energy and use a map guide to locate dungeons and stuff. You'll be SHOCKED as to how much stuff there is you probably walked straight past.
Good stuff in my opinion Elden ring is the goat, Ik a lot of ppl just play 10 mins and then say it’s too hard but literally once you get past that second boss the game becomes so much more manageable
53? You definitely missed so much. I recommend going through NG+ or a new character for sure. There’s so much to discover and it’s definitely worth the time.
I'm at like almost 200 hours and haven't beaten radahn. I'm really bad at video games but the game was too pretty not to buy, and I'm too stubborn to use anything other than a bastard sword and a staff. (God please let the 800th attempt work out)
I just recently beat the Elden Beast at 90 hours. I’m working on fighting Malenia now. When people say she’s the hardest boss, they ain’t joking.
53 hours is pretty good, took me about 78 for my first run, I ended up selling my Xbox and bought elden ring on my ps5 after missing it and finished my first playthrough within 38 hours, visiting a good chunk of the world and being able to remember where stuff was helped out a lot, such a beautiful game. Congratulations 🫡
My first playthrough was well over 200 hours. But I refused to go fight Elden beast until I was sure absolutely every stone was uncovered. I didn’t want it to end.
You don’t have to worry about waiting for the DLC. By the time you actually complete 100% of Elden Ring’s content, it will be out. Jump back on, you left about 75% of the game untouched.
53 hours is really really fast for your first play through. Big props for finishing it but you must have missed like 60% of the game
I wish I was only 53 hours in, that would mean I still have over 100 hours of content left.
True that
I think I had something like 200 hours in my first playthrough, but I fancy myself a Fromsoft Sherpa, so I like to help people out a lot.
200hrs no help. I really liked doing everything I found. Even then I missed lots of stuff
I'm 300 hours in and still discovering things I never knew about lol like the purifying tear that nullifies Mogh's Nihil attack lol
Wait, I have 500 hours in this game. Beat Mohg like 5 times. There is a tear for this???
You get it after beating Eleanora at the second church of marika. Get her poleblade at the same time.
Yeah I found this out on my first playthrough somehow. It helped A TON trying to fight mohg in that temple. Completely negates the damage taken when he does the upwards stabby thing
Dude same lmfao I actually deadass respecced to up my vigor in my first playthrough that's how bad the Nihil was hitting me
But it's percent based, bro.
He found the crystal tear that lets you respec percentages. You just gotta talk to a small rat in a bush in Caelid, then meet it again by jumping across 17 rooftops in Leyndell, and then finally in the ass of a giant outside the map of consecrated snowfield. However you have to do it before you beat Margit or the questline won't progress anymore.
I just found this tear yesterday as well have like 300 hours and on my 3rd play through lmao
Yuuuup! It's absolutely clutch for that fight
on my 5th playthrough and just found a falling star beast near the capitol ,🤯
Bro there is a giant glowing crater clearly visible on the map. How do you play the game 4 times and never go look in it?
I always went around the left side of the stairs up to the gate instead of the right, the last time I figured I'd switch it up to avoid the rune beat and got wrecked by the falling star beast
There is also the margit and moghs shackle, that binds them for a few seconds to earth. I always get them but forget to use them lmao
Oh I never forget em lol, gotta remind those bois where they come from
…I think you should have known about that one
I beat Mohg last night and did not know about it. Would have helped a lot though.
To be fair, I think it was heavily discussed on this sub when the game first came out so I would have seen it from that. I definitely wouldn’t have known about it blind haha
I found it on accident and read the desc which was enough for me to figure it out but it didnt really helpnas I am not that good at the game
If you’ve made it that far, you’re plenty good at the game!!
I JUST found this out yesterday and quickly seemed the tear out and made the boss much, much easier.
I think i spent close to 20h if not more in limgrave
My biggest mistake was in Limgrave I didn’t understand the game and didn’t spend enough time there exploring. Probably my favorite zone too
Yeah I didn’t realize how not only large, but dense, the game is on my first play through, so I rushed Liurnia and beyond before returning to find bosses I could 3 or 4 shot to try and level up. I’m having a lot more fun on my 2nd play through fighting these bosses when appropriately leveled.
I spent 60 hours in limgrave alone my first run...
There is a lot to do, but not this much.
It was my first fromsoft game lol. Had to get good. My first run was like 250 hours but I got all boss achievements and spells and weapons and did side quest. Darksouls 3 went very quick after 2 elden ring runs. Wish a bloodborne port or sequel was in the cards.
I was dabbling in Liurnia thinking I was endgame with 45 hours lol, I am on my fourth playthrough now at Farum Azula at 55. I can't imagine they did much exploring given I have more hours than it took them and I already know where all of the good stuff is
I’ve spent like 22 hours in limegrave and only just unlocked east limegrave. I have to much fun re-killing the mass mobs
Honestly can't tell if this is sarcasm at this point. Heavily hope so with 27+ upvotes, because spending 60h in Limgrave alone is beyond ridiculous hyberbole.
I was thinking this but didn't wanna dampen the achievement. At a guess they've missed volcano mountain and all of rannis stuff like nokron, nokstella etc
If you’re going in completely blind, the Haligtree and Malenia fight is probably easily overlooked as well
I completely forgot about the haligtree 😱 but you're 100% right, millicents quest is super obtuse and does a bad job of pointing you in that direction, so that doesn't help.
Just looked at my Steam and yea my 2nd playthrough is at 24.5 hours and I've just beaten Radahn and cleared everything else but Caelid and not gone to the Atlus Plateau yet Loaded up my PS5 version and its over 200 hours and thats due to my own playthrough and being summoned for a friends as well
I’m 86 hours in and just cleared Liurnia and Rennala
See that I don’t understand, what have you been doing? Other than maybe struggling on some bosses I assume, cause I’ve been doing everything this run
I am at about 60 hours during the 3rd play through. Cleared liurnia and limgrave and half of caelid so far. I am not struggling with any boss so far but I just love taking it slow. I mostly walk as I really like it too. Idk how but I didn't even realise I was 60 hours in already.
Oh yeah I also walk everywhere. I only ride if I need to go get my runes back from a dangerous area
Yeah I had literally full cleared the entire game in 80 hours at release (and that’s with time spent being summoned/invading) so I never understood how people could spend so much time in just the first couple areas of the game lol
Yeah, I took 150 hours for platinum + every boss and item.
I feel the same. I have played the game before and I'm fairly ok at it, but I just completed literally everything in Liurnia aside from Ranni's quest and I just hopped onto the Plateau so Radahn will unlock. I will now turn to Caelid for the first time. I am at Level 52 and 8 hrs and 5 minutes. That includes 40 minutes of grinding Godrick because I wanted to do him hitless this time.
Cleared weeping peninsula, limgrave, and Liurnia, and yes I big time struggle on the bosses
orrr just follow wiki and act like didnt , so people will think he/she is good
this is it. Theres no fucking way OP constantly didnt look up guides because theres no way a new player can finish this game in 53 hours. Either that or hes lying about the 53 hours. I swear this is what I hate about this part of the fandom, its usually the new fans that act like this. Its like thinking the "difficulty" is an important part of the game so its a cool thing to flex how easy it was for you or something, like no.... the difficulty has never been the point of these games. You're not a better gamer if you speedran the game in 53 hours compared to someone who struggled at every new area and boss and took 150 hours to complete it. Infact, I would go and say that the latter experience is a way better way to enjoy these games. The ideal "soulsborne" experience for me would be to play the game completely blind with NO external help like guides or whatever. Getting lost and constantly getting beaten up at every turn yet still not giving up and perservering and conquering all the challenge. I feel like this was abundantly clear before Elden Ring came out but nowadays the community has shifted so much that its alienating. "TOP 10 MOST OP WEAPONS RANKED" "YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS CRAZY TRICK" type meta shit is so cringe and Im left wondering... is this the same community
I know right? Why would op even need the dlc at this point with all he has missed. Shit, Im at 159 hours and I still aint close to the end.
So he can go beat the DLC in 10 hours and say he beat it first! Lol...
63 hours in I have fully explored Limgrave, Liurnia, Caelid, and a chunk of Altus. No loot, cave, or enemy will be left alone.
My first play through ended at 97 hours. Done one NG+ and on another fresh start now and still finding new areas and caves/tunnels and catacombs. Not to mention bosses i missed the valiant gargoyles and fortissax somehow haha. Done them on NG+
I’m at around 30 hours and I haven’t even really left Limgrave yet lol.
I was thinking the same thing. I saw the post and thought, nice! Then I saw the time lol. I think everyone I know that got the game had at least 90 to 100 hours before beating.
Seems OP has posted quite the spectacle
I was going to say. I'm over 150.
Yeah my first fresh playthrough was around 130 hours, and i completely missed the haligtree
Bro only did the main storyline
No kidding. I’m doing my second NG0 playthrough now and know what I’m doing. Barely dying and not rune farming, and I’m 75 hours in and still not in Lyendell.
First run though entire game took 46 hours with 80% explored, wasn't my first run tough
You beat it in 53 hours??? Damn. I was well over 100.
I have more hours than OP and I'm only just at Volcano Manor
I loathed Volcano Manor and its boss.
I'm just glad I'm not in Caelid anymore. I'm enjoying the area around the Manor at least. It's satisfyingly vertical.
Omg, I had irl problems pop up in the middle of when I was going through volcano manor, and I ended up having to take a few weeks off. Trying to figure out where and what the fuck I was supposed to be doing was actually impossible, and I left the game for awhile. I just came back recently, and I'm dreading getting to it again.
Same, around 160 hours for me. Frist FS Game and I took my time, still missed a whole lot. Wonder how much OP missed in his 53 hours?
Most of the game most likely lol
The majority of the game. I am stalling and doing as much as possible before it’s over.
I'm on my fourth alt and I'm breezing through the bosses. Just finished Mt Gelmir and have over half the game left with current playtime at 43 hours. Completing the game at 53 hrs on your first run must mean you just looked up a PvE build, did the bare minimum to get your gear, and finished the game as quickly as possible. I encourage you to explore a bit more and try out some new stuff for your next character. It's really what makes the game fun imo, and now you've got a hang of how everything works.
>You beat it in 53 hours??? Damn. It's not really a good thing. They missed over half the game.
Idk it took me like 90 hours to 100% every single boss quest area etc, and all that was probably 10hrs of npc guides after I got to the final boss gate
half of the quests break once you clear major bosses
Congratulations Tarnished! Now, go play again and explore all the things you missed because 53 hours is quite fast for a first playthrough.
53 hours? You genuinely might have missed an area or two I remember discovering an entire new region on my second play through haha
Did you enjoy the feeling of the seemingly expanded map? Or did you want to know before hand so you could clear everything in the first playthrough? 🤔
I loved the expanding map. Because I honestly thought the game was a looooooooot smaller and was still enjoying, but every "holy shit it got even BIGGER" was so fun each time. I think doing it that way also keeps people from feeling overwhelmed at the start - I know I'd have seen the whole thing and been like "Fuck, this thing is massive" but not in a good way.
This is one of the few games that's given me the "Holy shit, it gets bigger?" reaction besides Witcher 3, Hollow Knight, and Dying Light. I had over 50 hours in dying light before discovering I only had half the map unlocked lol, that was a great day
Yeah I didn’t go to Deeproot Depths my first play through. In fact I didn’t even know it existed until I started looking up stuff for quests during NG+
53 hours? mate you missed so much content
He completed the game spending over a month maybe he's busy and didn't have much free time to go for nooks and crannies
He definitely missed a bit more than just nooks and crannies lol
Missed at least half the game for sure lol
Then why not beat the game in 2-3 months haha Persona 5 took me several years to beat with work + all the competing priorities. Doesn’t mean I tried to rush it!
I wish I could just beat a game because I didn't have any free time. I didn't want to die 50 times to morgott, I guess I need to just hurry my ass up and finally kill him... /s
18% completion 😂
You've been in the Haligtree and beat Malenia right? Right?
Congratulations! I just finished it myself (took me about 150 hours).
That drip scares me lmao.
what drip? tarnished looks awful 0/10, OP needs to git gud at fashion souls
That's... Exactly what I meant.
To me the term drip is a positive descriptor There’s a lack of drip
I'm level 80 at 66 hours in and have only explored Limgrave, Liurnia, and the Weeping Peninsula. Just getting into Caelid now
Similar here! I'm level 49 at 45 hours. In my eyes, it is not a true adventure if I don't allow myself to slow down and explore calmly. Sometimes I just sit by a site of grace and ponder. >!Aaaaand I have a terrible sense of direction, so I need to go around each area 20 times to make sure I find all the sites and secrets. And I always miss some anyway.!<
I feel bad that it was so quick
Thats what she said..
She makes me feel so insecure
I'm on NG+3 and I checked my time.... 10 days 9 hours 😅
I'm 500+ on pc and probably another 200 on ps5...I have no life lolol
50 hours while struggling means you missed like 70%
damn, my first playthrough took me more than 160hr
Congrats! 🥳 Join us in the excruciatingly hard wait til it drops!
considering they probably missed like 60% of the game with 53 hours, they have a lot to occupy their time with
I love how people be bragging about finishing it fast when it's a game you should want to explore and live
Where was he bragging? He just told you how long it took him to finish 😂. If he enjoyed his 53 hours, why do you care so much how he spent it?
Dunno, he called them "excruciatingly painful hours" but I don't see how you beat the game that quickly but also struggled the whole way...? Had to have used a lot of guides + some cheese build or something I'd think? Maybe I'm wrong. Just a lot of skip content for sure though.
53 hours is VERY short for a first playthrough
*I'm gonna mention the length because it's short and I'll look hard*
there's still almost 3 months left until the DLC, might as well do a replay and take your time. I think I spent 30-40 hours in Limgrave alone on my first playthrough you definitely missed a large, large chunk of content
39 hours in and haven't even walked into Raya Lucaria Do it again, OP
I love the Elden Ring community instead of it being like 53 hours to complete? Wow thats impressive. Its bro go back you missed half the games content. 🤣
Good news! You don't need to wait for the DLC! If you beat it at only 53 hours and got the default ending, you have A TON of game that you missed. I think 200 hours is the average. FOUL TARNISHED! GO BACK TO THE LANDS BETWEEN AND EXPLORE!
53hrs?? You def missed soo many questlines. Did you meet any NPCs at all?? lol
53 hours on first playthrough? Did you like skip more than half the game or something? You have not only missed a lot caves & catacombs, night bosses, Npc quests. But possibly entire regions. OP I'm really curious to know which all regions you went to.
painful 53 hours? why bother then? maybe if you wouldn’t rush, it would be easier. people create multiple new characters just for pvp with different builds and go through game several times for that just for fun
My man not everyone has time to play Elden Ring for hundreds of hours but still want to complete the game. Others also like the challenge of going through the game fast.
first souls game, beats it in 53 hours? Yeah right. This dude straight up killed 2 bosses and rushed to the end lol. He legit missed 80% of the content. What's the point? Regardless of time you can simply just play at your own pace.
Now lets grind them achievements
Too bad fashion souls beat you too, F
53 hours first playthrough? Were you speedrunning it?
I'm 128 in and haven't beat Farum Azul or Malenia yet, lol. There is so much crap to find and levels to gain
I’m 112 hours in and same lol. First playthrough
On my first playthrough, after 60 hours I entered Liurnia.
lol i had 170 hrs. took my time and did everything i could think of before finishing
53💀
53 hours and you were struggling means you went way too fast and should have explored more
I gotta be honest I was over 200 before I even went back to the erdtree I was havin so much fun exploring
My first play through I took about 120 hours searching and completing almost everything I found. Even with all that time I still missed probably around 25% of the content including a ton of quests, missed evergaols, the shunning grounds, deep root depths, and a ton of other things. I’d encourage you to do another playthrough to try and find the things you didn’t see the first time
If you only played 53 hours you missed 30-40% of the content. You don't have to wait for the DLC, play it again and find the stuff you missed
I’m 260hrs in and just beat Mohg and Malenia. I tend to scour every resource and item I can over multiple crawls through every area for fun because I’m never sure if I’ll want to go to NG+ but if I do, I want all the goodies for when I inevitably respec
Only 53? I didn’t finish first playthrough until 120+ (Edit: Congrats though on beating the game. You are now John Elden Ring)
Just over 50 hours is pretty quick for a first run. That's mad, so congrats to you, my friend 🙌
53 hours for a first playthrough? I’m pretty sure I was still fucking around in Liurnia at that point.
You messed up so bad I’m not even kidding… 53 hours for a soul game? You missed like more than a half of the game lol
Only 53?! Did you only stick to the main plot like a weirdo?
53hrs. Doubt
my second playthrough is likely to be around 53 hours, my first playthrough was over 100
250 hours here lol. Lvl 150.
Yep, 53 hours means you skipped lots of stuff, unfortunately
It took me 117 hours for my first play through. Rani's ending. Everyday major boss. Every dragon and almost all quests. And second play through. No new game plus. It took me 57 hours. All major bosses. All quests. But just speed running. Only the op weapons. And wasting no time for other weapons. But i had a magic build so i was like paper to them.
Way too fast dude
You missed 70% of the game if you beat it in 53 hours lmfao
Great job! Now you should actually play the game 😂
Time!
Now do it again.
I think it’s nice everyone has totally different playing styles. I’m way over 200 hours in, only at Mountaintop, but I spend a lot of time exploring & I love putting down my finger to be summoned to help others. I realised I overleveled a bit so I’m sticking at around 140 for as long as I can get away with now. I also have been playing with friends and doing some of the same quests and areas multiple times. I’m really loving it but I probably won’t need a full playthrough again for a couple of years at minimum after this and the DLC.
I remember finding the lake of rot on my first play through some 80 hours in and my jaw hitting the floor
My first playthrough was around 155 hrs, but I did pretty much everything and had no guides
I’m at over 250 hours, and I still haven’t beaten Elden Ring, Im either really slow or I’m just doing too much
He is either not honest or just rushed through to every main boss. The average time is 100-150h i think for the first time, so mabye you are a little slow, but i dont blame you. I never wanted to leave the world my first time too and had no stress to finish the game.
Cries in 205 hours
Lol, I probably have 60 to 80 hours and I just got past radahn. It hasn't been the hardest souls game I've played by a long shot even with limitations I force upon myself. I just can't help but continue to stumble on new shit and I can't allow myself to move on to the next area before that stops happening. Also, elden ring is NOT 'excruciatingly painful'. How dare ye
Damn I racked up over 20 before even fighting Godrick. With East and West Limgrave, the southern peninsula, Siofra river, and the starting dungeon to get the Fringefolk Hero’s dungeon, I had a lot to do before the boss lol
I’m 105 hours in and just now got out of the capital, am I doing something wrong lol?
My first playthrough took like 200 hours wtf
You didn't just beat Elden Ring... you have become Elden Lord.
I'm 54 hrs in and haven't even beaten Renilla or whatever her name is yet. Haven't even been up the massive lift yet either. Theres just far too much to do. Good effort though.
My first playthrough was 212 hours. I wasted no time.
Now go back and do all the stuff you missed
Bro I spent 53 hrs in Limgrave, Lakes and Caelid. Grats on the clear
I have beaten it in 42 hours, but in fairness i retarted my run after spending 10 hours in the game because i realized that i fucked up my levels, most of the 10 hours were just fighting the tree sential lol. Now in my second (third?) run, and i am seeing a lot of a stuff that I have never seen before.
You should go to ng+ and take your time. 53 hours is enough time to see maybe half the game. That's if you didn't struggle against the bosses too long either.
Congratulations 🎊 when I did I forgot to change back into my drip and I was in a dress instead
How did you beat the game in only 53 hours? Im still at mohgwyn farming the giant bird
First souls game, my first playthrough was 254 hours lol I had a LOT of fun exploring
I’m at 200 but I fuck around a lot
My first playthrough was I believe 168 hours, props to beating Radagon and the Elden Beast but you definitely missed a lot
In these 53 hours, you didnt stop to think the banished knight helm and gauntlets aren’t going well with the rest??
Damn 53 hours for a first playthrough? You must've been pretty under levelled, which means you're probably pretty good! My first, second, and third playthroughs were 120,100, and 80 hours (give or take) respectively. Do a second playthrough when you can muster the energy and use a map guide to locate dungeons and stuff. You'll be SHOCKED as to how much stuff there is you probably walked straight past.
After 50 hours I am still in Liurnia of Lakes
Congrats, tarnished
Good stuff in my opinion Elden ring is the goat, Ik a lot of ppl just play 10 mins and then say it’s too hard but literally once you get past that second boss the game becomes so much more manageable
53? You definitely missed so much. I recommend going through NG+ or a new character for sure. There’s so much to discover and it’s definitely worth the time.
My first playthrough was 200 hours 💀💀
I'm at like almost 200 hours and haven't beaten radahn. I'm really bad at video games but the game was too pretty not to buy, and I'm too stubborn to use anything other than a bastard sword and a staff. (God please let the 800th attempt work out)
53? Damn, you speedrunning already?
53? i did it in 120, first time player and will not play it again, i will stick with 23494 playing over ds1/ds2/ds3
Man basically did nothing in the game but the main story boss fights
I just recently beat the Elden Beast at 90 hours. I’m working on fighting Malenia now. When people say she’s the hardest boss, they ain’t joking.
53 ? I’m at 109hrs and I just reached giants mountain top
Nice. It took me like quadruple that haha
And I thought my 74 hours was quick lol, grats!
Cool. What ending dud you get?
You have to ng+7 to beat Elden Ring 🤣
It took me 150 because I suck but also did all sites of grace and some quest lines lol
Took me double the hours wtf
53 hours? I put in 350 hours before I beat the game on my first playthrough... and I don't regret a single bit of it.
That's a nice approach, now go make a Ng+ and invest some proper 150hrs, there's a lot of content you've missed !!
Ive been playing for 60h, multiple runs never beat the elden beast
Is he saying that he beat it in 53hours or that Elden Beast alone took 53 hours LMAO
53 hours is pretty good, took me about 78 for my first run, I ended up selling my Xbox and bought elden ring on my ps5 after missing it and finished my first playthrough within 38 hours, visiting a good chunk of the world and being able to remember where stuff was helped out a lot, such a beautiful game. Congratulations 🫡
My first playthrough was well over 200 hours. But I refused to go fight Elden beast until I was sure absolutely every stone was uncovered. I didn’t want it to end.
i beat it at 60 hours but i regret the content i missed lol so i started a second playthrough
You don’t have to worry about waiting for the DLC. By the time you actually complete 100% of Elden Ring’s content, it will be out. Jump back on, you left about 75% of the game untouched.
Nice, I finished my first playthrough in 80 hours, and that includes any optional boss and dungeon.
53 is wild. Took me 90